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John Sterling quotes: Superstition moulds nature into an arbitrary semblance of the supernatural, and then bows down to the work of its own hands.

Superstition moulds nature into an arbitrary semblance of the supernatural, and then bows down to the work of its own hands.

John Sterling quotes: The ideal client is the very wealthy man in very great trouble.

The ideal client is the very wealthy man in very great trouble.

John Sterling quotes: Compliments are only lies in court clothes.

Compliments are only lies in court clothes.

John Sterling quotes: Modern education too often covers the fingers with rings, and at the same time cuts the sinews at the wrist.

Modern education too often covers the fingers with rings, and at the same time cuts the sinews at the wrist.

John Sterling quotes: Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.

Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.

John Sterling quotes: Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness.

Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness.

John Sterling quotes: Repentance clothes in grass and flowers the grave in which the past is laid.

Repentance clothes in grass and flowers the grave in which the past is laid.

John Sterling quotes: Commerce has made all winds her mistress.

Commerce has made all winds her mistress.

John Sterling quotes: Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.

Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.

John Sterling quotes: Faith in a better than that which appears is no less required by art than by religion.

Faith in a better than that which appears is no less required by art than by religion.

John Sterling quotes: Poetry is in itself strength and joy, whether it be crowned by all mankind, or left alone in its own magic hermitage.

Poetry is in itself strength and joy, whether it be crowned by all mankind, or left alone in its own magic hermitage.

John Sterling quotes: An unproductive truth is none. But there are products which cannot be weighed even in patent scales, nor brought to market.

An unproductive truth is none. But there are products which cannot be weighed even in patent scales, nor brought to market.

John Sterling quotes: The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.

The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.

John Sterling quotes: You just cant predict baseball

You just cant predict baseball

John Sterling quotes: There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies.

There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies.

John Sterling quotes: Enthusiasm is grave, inward, self-controlled; mere excitement, outward, fantastic, hysterical, and passing in a moment from tears to laughter.

Enthusiasm is grave, inward, self-controlled; mere excitement, outward, fantastic, hysterical, and passing in a moment from tears to laughter.

John Sterling quotes: Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.

Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.

John Sterling quotes: Speech is as a pump, by which we raise and pour out the water from the great lake of Thought,whither it flows back again.

Speech is as a pump, by which we raise and pour out the water from the great lake of Thought,
whither it flows back again.

John Sterling quotes: Like earth, awake, and warm, and brightWith joy the spirit moves and burns;So up to thee! O Fount of Light!Our light returns.

Like earth, awake, and warm, and bright
With joy the spirit moves and burns;
So up to thee! O Fount of Light!
Our light returns.

John Sterling quotes: Be busy in trading, receiving, and giving, for life is too good to be wasted in living.

Be busy in trading, receiving, and giving, for life is too good to be wasted in living.

John Sterling quotes: Man is a substance clad in shadows.

Man is a substance clad in shadows.

John Sterling quotes: Every man's follies are the caricature resemblances of his wisdom.

Every man's follies are the caricature resemblances of his wisdom.

John Sterling quotes: Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.

John Sterling quotes: One dupe is as impossible as one twin.

One dupe is as impossible as one twin.

John Sterling quotes: Wisdom's Pearl doth often dwellClosed in Fancy's rainbow shell

Wisdom's Pearl doth often dwell
Closed in Fancy's rainbow shell

John Sterling quotes: Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.

Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.

John Sterling quotes: Knowledge, or more expressively truth,for knowledge is truth received into our intelligence,truth is an ideal whole.

Knowledge, or more expressively truth,
for knowledge is truth received into our intelligence,
truth is an ideal whole.

John Sterling quotes: I could honor Carmen Electra. I think she's beautiful.

I could honor Carmen Electra. I think she's beautiful.